Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The Irish discount fashion retailer Primark is opening its third store in the Czech Republic, creating more than 150 new jobs. The new store, located in Prague shopping center Metropole Zličín, should open its doors to customers in December 2024.
The company has already launched a recruitment campaign for more than 150 job positions, including sales assistants and managers.
The opening of a store in Zličín is part of the company's expansion in Central and Eastern Europe, which began in 2019 with the opening of a store in Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Globally, Primark currently employs more than 80,000 people, in 17 European countries and the United States.
Recent new openings by Primark in the EU can be found at the following links: Primark 2024 - RO
In Spain, in Alcalá de Henares Primark 2024 - SP (Alcalá de Henares) and in Madrid Primark 2024 - SP (Madrid) Primark 2024 - HU
Eurofound (2024), Primark, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 201550, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201550.
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